The Scrap Heap

Is to use some bling on your Layout
And here is my Layout, it is a little hard to see but the bling s on the little flowers I made form the scraps of this aussle

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We thought we'd start with easy photo challenges, so we are starting with the alphabet, so if i am late uploading the prompts you can move along without waiting for me each day.

So today's challenge is:
A, a  /eɪ/ Show Spelled[ey] –noun,pluralA's or As, a's or as.

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Is everyone enjoying getting back into the scrapping and getting all those photos scrapped?
Yesterday's challenge was to use something metal on your Layout
and here's mine
I used the little metal tags on my LO, sorry for the bad photo, need to work on my technique!
Remember you can share your LO's on the group, or upload to the gallery or link them in the comments section of the blog.

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moth·er

–noun

1. a female parent.

2. (often initial capital letter) one's female parent.

3. a mother-in-law, stepmother, or adoptive mother.

4. a term of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a female parent.

5. a term of familiar address for an old or elderly woman.

6. mother superior.

7. a woman exercising control, influence, or authority like that of a mother: to be a mother to someone.

8. the qualities characteristic of a mother, as maternal affection: It is the mother in her showing itself.

9. something or someone that gives rise to or exercises protecting care over something else; origin or source.

10. (in disc recording) a mold from which stampers are made.

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Here are the challenges for May 2010 ...

1. Complete a LO about your Mother, Grandmother, Sister or Best friend. It is Mothers Day this month and it's there is no better time to scrap a page about the good times with those special to us. Include something floral - paper, ribbon, flowers, die cuts, etc.

2. Complete a LO with a neutral background (kraft, cream, white, grey or black) and use bright colours to make your page pop. Add anything you like as long as it's bright.

3. Complete a LO using a conversation with a family member or friend as the journalling. Try to include photo's that tell the story, but if that's not possible general photo's of the person in the conversation will work just as well.

4. Complete a LO using a title such as 'W is for wonderful', 'B is for Brave', etc. and use a large letter (die cut, sticker etc) for the main letter. Include some hand written journalling and at least two photo's.

5. Complete a LO to reflect on the life you are living now. What's a typical day for you? Are you busy? Do you have lots of time on your hands? What are you doing that you would rather not be? Why do you do what you do? etc.

6. Complete a LO with an Edge. Add some patterned paper with a pinked or scalloped edge.

7. Complete a LO using the title 'Escape' and use colours inspired by nature, e.g. sand and water, grass and trees, red earth and sky etc. and include some texture (hessian, mesh, fabric, leaves, cardboard etc)

8. Complete a LO keeping the focus on one photo. Convert the photo to b&w and layer your journalling and embellishments near the photo to draw attention to it.

9. Complete a LO about your teenage years. Were you wild & wacky, or quiet and reserved? Who were your best friends? Where were your favourite hangouts? How did you spend your time? What music did you listen to? etc.

Members challenge from Debbie

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Brisbane Paper Crafts Festival

The Brisbane Paper Crafts Festival is on again folks and we will be there at Stand 16 with lots of goodies for you all to look at. The Show is celebrating it's 10th Year of operation and should be lots of fun for everyone!!

We have a special on this show with heaps of Patterned Papers reduced to the low price of any 3 sheets for only $2.

You will find the Paper Crafts Show at the RNA Exhibition Grounds, in the Upper Commerce Building from Friday the 5th to Sunday the 7th of February. Doors open at 10am and we are working hard each day until 4.30pm.

The show is on a little bit earlier than usual this year so get caught and miss out.

Hope to see you all there!!

Click www.papercraftsfestival.com.au for more info about the show.

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DC 18 Todays word is Pet - do a Lo about your pet, someone else's pet, a pet you'd like to have, maybe even a pet hate

DC 19 use sewing on your LO - it could be hand stitching, machine, rubons or pen stitching

DC 20 use 5 brads on a LO or card

DC 21 make a get Well card for someone

DC 22 use the colours black and white as a feature on your LO

DC 23 Sketch below

DC 24 scrap a LO about your home

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25% OFF all Fiskars Border Punches etc in stock on our website

Offer runs for 2 weeks only ... Saturday 23rd January, 2010 to Friday 5th February, 2010.

Simply purchase any Fiskars Border Punches from our website during this time and we will reduce them by 25% of the Regular price!!

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Here is the before shot of my Messy Scrapping Desk ... sadly at the moment isn't looking much better but I am working on it!!

I seem to have just shuffled and moved things around but the table section is clearer and all the stuff sitting piled up the top at the back is gone now and I am going to lift up the middle shelf so it is on top of the paper shelves and I can then hang things from the holes in the metal reinforcing strip along the shelf edge.

How is everyone else going with their tidy up??

Christine M

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Audrey has finished the first challenge in our Clean Up challenges, although looking at the before pictures, it looks like Audrey is a very tidy scrapper
Have you finished the first challenge yet, if you have don't forget to share your photos.

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